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in these districts who are entitled to State relief obtain—if they have
a family—two loaves a week, each weighing 1.5 kg. Unmarried
persons obtain one loaf a week. In 1935, this distribution involved
an expenditure of 6,512,465.05 crowns ; in 1934, 34.280,619.45 crowns ;
and, in 1933, 58,725,896 crowns.
These three relief measures have been applied continuously since
1931. The beneficiaries obtained their rations in bulk at intervals
of five weeks.
4. Each winter the unemployed receive a supply of coal which
is either, bought by the State or given to them by the colliery owners.
During the winter 1935-36, 1,900 truck-loads of coal were distributed
free of charge to the unemployed.
5. Funds are granted each year by the Government for “ Christmas
relief ”, to which unemployed persons and part-time workers who
are fathers of families are entitled. Before Christmas, these persons
receive warrants for foodstuffs, which are distributed by the
Unemployed Food Relief Service. Persons with one or two children
receive warrants representing a value of 20 crowns ; persons with
three children, 30 crowns ; and persons with four or more children,
40 crowns. In 1935, 6 million crowns were expended for this purpose.
6. Clothing is distributed in winter to the children of the
unemployed and to partly employed persons who are fathers of a
family. The expenditure amounts to 3 million crowns per year.
7. A sum of 2 million crowns, which was later increased to 3
millions, has been provided for feeding the children of the unemployed
in winter. This service is run by the State and was inaugurated in
1935-
8. Since 1933, a sum of 5 million crowns a year has been allocated
for the purpose of supplementing communal relief to the unemployed.
9. Winter relief for the unemployed was introduced during
the winter 1935-36. A sum of 54 million crowns has been appropriated
for this purpose. This exceptional relief takes the form of the
distribution of foodstuffs in kind to the unemployed living in districts
where there is most unemployment and who are entitled to relief
out of the State Fund for Feeding the Unemployed. These include
young persons over 16 if the breadwinner of the family is not in
regular employment ; persons in receipt of unemployment benefit
under the Ghent system, when the State allowance does not exceed
the value of the foodstuffs granted by the State Fund for Feeding
the Unemployed ; seasonal workers who were unemployed for half
the season during the previous year or who have been out of work for
three consecutive months. The foodstuffs distributed were : 16,518